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PT6A posted:Also: our Lord GOD gave us the reverse gear, in His infinite mercy, so we could back into places easily, not back out of them. Driving vehicles without the ability to back up teaches you some things about where and how things should be parked. Conversely, every person who backs into a spot in a parking garage takes way longer than it would it take to just back out later, I hate it when people fancy park. 99% of the people that do it are absolutely horrible at it.
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xzzy posted:But a single turn and nothing else? Suicide attempt or sudden blackout is where my money goes. If it was mechanical at least one of the steering or the brakes would function. Could be another medical condition like a heart attack or seizure too, I wouldn't think someone blacking out would make them hit the gas harder but I could be wrong
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MomJeans420 posted:Conversely, every person who backs into a spot in a parking garage takes way longer than it would it take to just back out later, I hate it when people fancy park. 99% of the people that do it are absolutely horrible at it. It is not as fast, but it is safer and easier. I think that's a reasonable compromise.
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Someone in my area recently was followed around by a police impersonator. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ghhdZj80vgY Odd choice of vehicle to be impersonating a cop in though. Not exactly a lot of depts zooming around in luxury Japanese imports.
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What the hell was the state that got pissed off at people backing in on their driveways because they couldn't photograph/scan the plate?
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https://i.imgur.com/HUI72mU.gifvColostomy Bag posted:What the hell was the state that got pissed off at people backing in on their driveways because they couldn't photograph/scan the plate? Why would they need to scan a car parked on private property?
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MomJeans420 posted:Conversely, every person who backs into a spot in a parking garage takes way longer than it would it take to just back out later, I hate it when people fancy park. 99% of the people that do it are absolutely horrible at it.
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PT6A posted:It is not as fast, but it is safer and easier. I think that's a reasonable compromise.  but I don't mind doing it.
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Conversely I see "no back-in parking" in certain lots which makes no goddamn sense. InitialDave posted:Backing into a space is hardly "fancy". The only real downside is it makes it harder to get stuff put in the boot. Unless you're backing into the curb row where you can load your poo poo in directly from the shopping cart instead of standing out in the traffic lane.
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why is america so weird???
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MrOnBicycle posted:why is america so fixed that for you
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Javid posted:Conversely I see "no back-in parking" in certain lots which makes no goddamn sense. I've seen it a couple of places in Germany. Apparently they just don't want exhaust spot on the walls.
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The people I see backing into parking spots are usually driving lifted pickups and it usually takes them over a minute and multiple corrections to get it in there.
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In downtown Akron near the baseball stadium all the street parking is angled back-in only and it's great. The spaces are wide enough that I could almost parallel park my Fiesta in them so anyone can easily swing basically anything in, then no one has to be backing out in to traffic or making an eleventy point attempt at parallel parking. I wish all street parking was like that, though it definitely takes up a lot more of the road than traditional parking configurations would.
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The Door Frame posted:
Land of the free. I'm trying to look for it but coming up empty.
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Do you guys never drive in crowded parking garages? In an ideal world where people can drive, maybe backing in makes sense, but a lot of the garages around here have a no backing in policy because it majorly fucks things up in the morning when some guy who needs to park hard takes 4 tries to get it right. Also, for tighter spots your average driver is more likely to ding the neighboring car backing in than they will backing out.
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It's a toe truck
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Phy posted:It's a toe truck 
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The Door Frame posted:Why would they need to scan a car parked on private property? Skip tracing, warrant searches, looking for stolen vehicles, process service. That sort of thing. There are people that drive around all day scanning license plates for commercial databases.
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MisterOblivious posted:Skip tracing, warrant searches, looking for stolen vehicles, process service. That sort of thing. I used to do that and it was kind of fun. We bought an old MA State Trooper crown vic, mounted the plate cams on the front and back, and we had a massive repo database that would flag cars on the computer. Drive around in a town I've never been to, wait for the computer to beep, call one of my tow drivers, collect $$.
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The Door Frame posted:Why would they need to scan a car parked on private property? Because if a license plate isn't clearly visible from the street they'd need to get a search warrant to approach the vehicle, at least going off of a recent SCOTUS ruling. LATimes.com posted:The Supreme Court on Tuesday extended the Constitution's privacy protection to include vehicles that are parked on a home's driveway or carport, ruling that police need a search warrant before they may inspect them.
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MisterOblivious posted:Skip tracing, warrant searches, looking for stolen vehicles, process service. That sort of thing. So basically there's no situation where these scans benefit the person parking the car, gotcha.
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The Door Frame posted:https://i.imgur.com/HUI72mU.gifv Scanning for plates with unpaid parking tickets (like on Parking Wars)? e: f,b
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FuturePastNow posted:The people I see backing into parking spots are usually driving lifted pickups and it usually takes them over a minute and multiple corrections to get it in there. I was camping in alberta last week and both nights the same truck took 3-4 tries to back into his spot (and you actually have to back into these). At like midnight. And the truck had a reverse beeper thing.
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jamal posted:I was camping in alberta last week and both nights the same truck took 3-4 tries to back into his spot (and you actually have to back into these). At like midnight. And the truck had a reverse beeper thing. it's hard to pinpoint the source of a hucked rock in the dark in the woods.
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Let me just say the reverse beeper is the most amazing thing. I've got one on the truck and people are like "oh, that beeping means a truck is backing up, i better let it"
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How strange, I find it much easier to back into a parking spot than going in forwards. Unless it’s one of those angled spaces but they’re pretty rare over here.
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How is it easier to steer the opposite end of the vehicle while craning over your shoulder than to basically make a sharp turn.
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Javid posted:Conversely I see "no back-in parking" in certain lots which makes no goddamn sense. I see this ina lot of parking garages that have something you really don't want people running into behind them like pipes or machinery. I also see it in garages where there is a low ceiling for the first part of the sport (closest to the wall), so if you backed in with a hatch, you'd have a bad time, but a hood would clear.
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Hargrimm posted:How is it easier to steer the opposite end of the vehicle while craning over your shoulder than to basically make a sharp turn. Cars are more maneuverable when the wheels that turn are on the outside of the spot. I have a really wide, really long car, and I find it's easier to sneak into tight parking situations in reverse than it is to front in, then have to back up and straighten out once or twice. Makes the best use out of my limited turning radius that way.
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Raluek posted:Cars are more maneuverable when the wheels that turn are on the outside of the spot. I have a really wide, really long car, and I find it's easier to sneak into tight parking situations in reverse than it is to front in, then have to back up and straighten out once or twice. Makes the best use out of my limited turning radius that way. Also, backup cameras. I rent a ton of cars (and enterprise basically just randomly assigns me cars without regards for what i reserved) and everything I get a bigger car, esp a truck or big SUV, it is way easier to back in assuming a well designed backup camera than pulling in and then reversing out. I find it is way easier to get an idea for the size of the car and how it will react to inputs. This may be less of a thing once you are used to it, but I drive a mazda2, so when i get a Tahoe or F150, it is like driving a monster truck for me.
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There's a reason a lot of forklifts have the rear wheels steer.
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Yeah sometimes there just isn't enough space to make a wide turn into the spot, so reversing is the only way to get in other than perhaps making a multiple point turn in. Same reason you reverse when parallel parking.
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mobby_6kl posted:Same reason you reverse when parallel parking.
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Javid posted:There's a reason a lot of forklifts have the rear wheels steer. Are there forklifts without rear wheel steering? I have driven my fair share and never seen one. And I pretty much have to back my ls430 into parking spots since it's so huge. And because parking spots keep getting smaller. I swear it barely fits width wise into most of the non-compact spots around here. Add to that the fact no one else gives a gently caress about parking between the lines, it takes me forever to find one I can actually fit in.
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